This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------ extPart_000_0011_01C01851.5432B200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have just been looking at Apollo, which as I see it is basically an extension library that makes Delphi components available. It is very impressive. I do not usually favor solutions that are platform-dependent, but I do like Delphi. (I have not used it much.) And anyway, Inprise is porting it to Linux soon... But for those in the Ruby community who run Windows and/or like Delphi, you should look at this. It looks very promising to me. Note to those who hate Pascal: Object Pascal as realized in Delphi is far, far beyond standard Pascal. Just FYI. And anyway, Apollo makes it unnecessary to know Pascal. Just a quick note to praise work well done. Hal Fulton ------ extPart_000_0011_01C01851.5432B200 Content-Type: text/html; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have just been looking at Apollo, which as I see it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>is basically an extension library that makes Delphi</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>components available.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It is very impressive. I do not usually favor solutions</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>that are platform-dependent, but I do like Delphi. (I</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>have not used it much.) And anyway, Inprise is porting</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>it to Linux soon...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>But for those in the Ruby community who run Windows</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>and/or like Delphi, you should look at this. It looks very</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>promising to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Note to those who hate Pascal: Object Pascal as realized</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>in Delphi is far, far beyond standard Pascal. Just FYI.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>And anyway, Apollo makes it unnecessary to know Pascal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Just a quick note to praise work well done.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hal Fulton</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------ extPart_000_0011_01C01851.5432B200--